Biology of Ticks, Volume 1

This is the first volume of a two-volume work on the basic biology, ecology, disease transmission and control of ticks. Ticks are parasitic insects that infect cattle, birds and people. The health and economic consequences of ticks are so considerable that most land- grant universities have tick laboratories associated with their entomology departments. In addition, state and federal health officials are concerned with disease transmission by ticks. This first volume covers the anatomy, functional morphology, physiology, reproduction, development and ecology of ticks. The descriptions are comprehensive and fully up-to-date. Entomologists, and in particular tick specialists (acarologists), as well as public health officials, will find this work of interest. It will also be extremely useful to advanced students beginning research in these fields. Volume 2 will focus on ticks and disease, with sections on immunological response to tick parasitism, and the control of ticks and disease.

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Page 24Spurs and spines developed, primarily as adaptations to furry mammals. Highly
specialized life cycles, e.g., 2-host and 1-host life cycles, also evolved. The family
Ixodidae comprises 2 major phyletic lines, the Prostriata and the Metastriata (Fig
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Page 25The Rhipicephalinae are the most modern of the Metastriata, and probably did
not appear until the Tertiary, i.e., in the Cenozoic era when mammals became the
dominant land vertebrates. The Amblyomminae, including Amblyomma and ...

Page 45Hyalomma species typically parasitize domestic and wild mammals and birds
and are found almost entirely in semi-arid or arid deserts and steppes. The genus
includes 30 species. Genus Rhipicephalus (Figs 2.63-2.66). These small to ...

About the author (1991)

Daniel E. Sonenshine is Eminent Professor of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He has been engaged in research on the ecology of ticks and tick-borne disease and on tick pheromones.